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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Thursday, November 11, 1976

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 64, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.97, Missing: { H J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 256 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 85.8
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,952
Across
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Layer of skin : DERMA
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Newspaper section : SPORTS
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Fallen angel : BELIAL
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Teeming tenements : WARRENS
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Earbender : TALKATIVEPERSON
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Harem room : ODA
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Drops out : SECEDES
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Excessively : TOO
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Rulers in Africa : DEYS
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Finer : RARER
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"___ the mornin' to you" : TOPO
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Value of a hockey goal : ONEPOINT
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Bristly, as wheat : AWNED
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___ personae : DRAMATIS
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Certain Africans : BOERS
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Consigns : RELEGATES
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Singer at sea : SIREN
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Puts in place : SITUATES
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Lock : TRESS
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Cake additives : NUTMEATS
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Falling-out : RIFT
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Garry or Mary Tyler : MOORE
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Girl's nickname : PRUE
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Writer George : ADE
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Yearbooks : ANNUALS
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Boyle's or Gresham's : LAW
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Filibusterers : TIRELESSTALKERS
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Money for a phone call : ONEDIME
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Self-centered one : EGOIST
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Six-line stanza : SESTET
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Money worries : DEBTS
Down
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One who stalls : DELAYER
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Deer : ELK
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Creeks : RIAS
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Worldly : MATERIAL
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Spanish province and city : ALICANTES
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Bjorn Borg, for one : SWEDE
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Free tickets : PAPER
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Mine outputs : ORES
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Learning initials : RRR
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Old Italian coin : TESTONE
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Inquisitive one : SNOOPER
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Dire fate : BADEND
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Hair nets : SNOODS
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Commotion : TODO
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Dizzying : VERTIGINOUS
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Least fat : SPAREST
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Fast dance : TWOSTEP
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Portents : OMENS
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Alongside a ship : ABEAM
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Soaked : SATURATED
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Guardianship : TUTELAGE
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Prefix for sphere : STRATO
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Medicinal iris extracts : IRIDINS
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Game official : REFEREE
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Like some seals : EARLESS
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English royal line : STUART
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Does tailoring : SEWS
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Memory influence : MNEME
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Start : ONSET
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Got off : ALIT
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Boor : SLOB
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Pub. chiefs : EDS
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Carson : KIT

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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